Official Pu of the day

[auhckw]

Lincang 2000 raw Tuo - This cost about 10x the Xia Guan 2007 tuo above. Though it is 10 years, it is still astringency at the 4th brew onwards.

[auhckw]

Xia Guan 2007 raw Tuo - Super duper cheap. Sweet aftertaste. Good aroma. No smoke. It tasted much more than what the price it should be.

[auhckw]

If only I have space...

[Drax]

I am trying to clear one of my counters of the growing pile of tea samples, and so I dove into the 2010 Bangwai from EoT. I actually started it yesterday, but although it smelled absolutely wonderful, I wasn't able to taste it. I've had this phenom happen in the past, where I can't seem to taste the tea; I usually chalk it up to allergies or that I burned my tongue on something.

Ramble ramble... in any case, I waited a day and I was able to taste the tea again. It's quite nice and still quite young and powerful; I'm sure sitting in a sealed pouch didn't help it much; fortunately its larger, more round brother(s) are sitting in my pumidor...

[auhckw]

1960s Poh Lan 229 Liu Bao - Price tag Rm3500 (USD1129) per KG. Aroma and Taste like medicine herb. Sweet. Smooth. So goood...

Initially we brew it with a 250 years old Mid Qing Dynasty teapot, but the teapot cut the aroma. So we changed it to normal gaiwan and the aroma came back.

[Dass]

[quote="auhckw"]Jing Mai 2010 Raw - Single Estate harvest. This gives a very good aroma and light soothing flavor. Though it is 2010, it is very easy to drink now. Not bitter and not astrigency. This falls nicely under 'buy 2 drink now' category. Very reasonable price for such quality. It is a preorder pu, shipment coming soon.

Chua,

Of all the tea we tasted , Jing Mai was the best for me.Will take a few pcs to drink now as its cheap.

[auhckw]

Long Pin Hao 2010 Raw - Single estate. It is quite smoky. Kind of reminds me of tobacco smell. Drinkable now if you like the smoke.

[auhckw]

Bang Wei 2010 Raw - Single Estate harvest. This gives a very good aroma and light soothing flavor. Though it is 2010, it is very easy to drink now. Not bitter and not astrigency. This falls nicely under 'buy 2 drink now' category. Very reasonable price for such quality. It is a preorder pu, shipment coming soon.

[auhckw]

90s Liu Bao - Tasted kind of green for a Liu Bao. Need more aging I guess.

[nickE]

2005 Mingyuan Hao Yiwu, originally $35 at HouDe and has since been marked up to $65.

Great tea, the worst part of the session was trying to fit the leaves in the gaiwan.

[auhckw]

Myanmar Tea - This is the first time I am drinking this. And I am impressed by it. It gives a satisfying nice aroma and taste like raw puerh of age 7 to 10 years old. Quite strong but yet smooth. Bitter sweet aftertaste. Very strong 'chi' that made me feel warm even in my office's cold aircond room. My head went a bit spinning after drinking few infusions.

[debunix]

2007 Yong De Ecological Old Tree Ripe Cake

Found this sample in the bottom of the drawer, sitting there for a long time--last note I have about it is 2 years old.

It's a nice woodsy puerh--forest humus, not a lot of sweet, hints of fruity, some spicy and even a little bitter at the tip of my tongue after a sip--good stuff. As I'm brewing it now (2.8 grams of tea in a small gaiwan, about 75 mL water, water 205 degrees), it's tasty quite tasty, but I think I prefer Norbu's 2009 Lao Cha Tou (plummier) and 2007 Menghai Golden needles white lotus (rich caramel notes). After I noticed the name on the sample pouch, I remembered the quest for this one recently in TeaSwap, and am trying to figure out the particular appeal: it's not that there's anything at all wrong with it, just nothing that is extra special, standout, remarkable. It's a nice, well balanced, shu.

[gasninja]

Today i'm alternating between a Simplified Characters iron cake and Nada's 2011 Mansai. yum

[shah82]

This nannuo will need time for the herbal fireworks.

[nickE]

I've tried EoT's 2011 Nannuo 3 times now. I'm still unsure of how I feel about it.

The flavor is really 'meaty,' if that makes any sense. It seems like there's one long flavor note/profile, and it kinda resonates during the whole sip. There's not much change in flavor while taking a sip, or during the whole session for that matter. There's some decent bitterness, nothing too powerful. The endurance is pretty good as well. There's also some high notes with some citrus-tang that I think creates a rather dry mouthfeel.

It's good tea, but after sampling the Mannuo I'm a little bit disappointed with this one.